How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
BERTRAND RUSSELLHow much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
BERTRAND RUSSELLIt is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.
BERTRAND RUSSELLLife is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
BERTRAND RUSSELLAnd if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.
BERTRAND RUSSELLMathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThree passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
BERTRAND RUSSELLI believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
BERTRAND RUSSELLDogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThe fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
BERTRAND RUSSELLI believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
BERTRAND RUSSELLA sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.
BERTRAND RUSSELLIt has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence that could support this.
BERTRAND RUSSELLI consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind.
BERTRAND RUSSELLWhoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
BERTRAND RUSSELLThe hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
BERTRAND RUSSELL